Lecture
Student workshop on the contemporary Native American novel
- Tommy Orange (author of "There, There" and "Wandering Stars")
- Date
- Wednesday 25 September 2024
- Time
- Address
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P.J. Veth
Nonnensteeg 1-3
2311 VJ Leiden - Room
- 0.07
Hosted by the Futures of Native American Studies, the John Adams Institute, the North American Studies programme, the Leiden University Cente for the Arts in Society, and the JEDI fund.
Graduate students and advanced BA students are invited to apply for a seminar-style workshop on the contemporary Native American novel with author Tommy Orange, an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. Students must read his latest novel, Wandering Stars (2024) in English or Dutch, in preparation for this discussion.
Wandering Stars is his highly anticipated second book, and it has been longlisted for the Booker prize. It continues the story of the Star family, who were introduced in his first novel There There (2018), which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. He is a teacher at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and will lead this workshop on the contemporary Native American novel.
Want to join?
Interested participants should email j.j.morgan-owens@hum.leidenuniv.nl with your name, current education status (i.e. your BA or MA program, your thesis proposal), and a statement of interest in this topic.
